Gage and marker for garments.



No. 793,613. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. G. W. 6: M. J. SENSBAGH. GAGE AND MARKERFOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23,1905.

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AT'TO No. 793,613. l PATENTED JUN-E127, 1905.

' G. W. & M. J. SENSBAOH. GAGE AND MARKER FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1905.

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l/WE/VTO as ewye mizaaciv My No. 793,613. Patented June 27, 1905.

,NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE W. SENSBAOH, OF MOUNT WOLF, AND MARGARET J. SENSBAGH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' GAGE AND MARKER FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,613, dated June 27, 1905.

' Application filed February 23, 1905. Serial No. 246,868.

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a resident of Mount Wolf, in the county of Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved York, and MARGARET J. SENsBAoH, a resident device, the marking or creasing arm being in 5'of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelsection and the creasing mechanism being phia, State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the shown inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a plan 5 5 United States, have invented a new and Imview of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1. proved Gage and Marker for Garments, of Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper portion which the following is a full, clear, and exact of the device, illustrating the marking ele- IO description. ment in position for use and in section. Fig.

The purpose of the invention is to provide 4. is a front elevation of the scale-standard a marking and creasing device or gage for and a section through the member which opgarments adapted to expeditiously and conerates on said standard; and Fig. 5 is a ver- 'veniently accurately mark or crease any gartical section through the creasing element car- I5 ment which is to be taken up, shortened, or ried by the creasing and marking arm, the

be marked or spaced for tucks, ruffles, hems, section being taken substantially on the line or trimmings, the device being especially 5 5 of Fig. 2. adaptedfor uniformly shortening, marking, The frame A consists of a base 10, which creasing, or evening the bottom portions of is flat, so that it may lie properly upon the 20 skirts, coats, cloaks, or dresses of all kinds floor, two standards 11 and 12, and a loopand all sizes, whereby when-a hem is to be arm 18. The standard 11 extends up, prefmade at the bottom of a garment or when erably, from the right-hand end of the base the garment is to be shortened or creased for 10, and on the front face of the standard 11 a tucks or spaced for ruffles or trimmings the scale 11 is produced, which, as shown in Fig.

5 markings or creases on the garment will be 4:, reads in inches and fractions thereof, the

at an even distance from the floor all around scale commencing at a predetermined point the garment. near the lower end of the standard. The loop- Another purpose of the invention is to proarm 13 is carried upward from the left-hand vide a construction whereby the person wearend of the base 10 and then inward and sup- 30 ing the garment to be treated may convenports the other standard 12; but the standard iently stand while the marking or creasing 12 does not extend to the base 10, as a space elements are being adjusted and operated 1 1 intervenes between the lower end of the and also to so construct the device that matestandard 12 and the base 10, as is shown in rial of light texture and color may be marked Fig. 1, thus enabling a train or surplus ma- 35 without the use of soap, crayons, or the like. terial at the bottom of the garment to be op- A further purpose of the invention is to erated upon to be introduced into the space provide an open loop in the -main or body between the lower arm 13 and the said standportion of the device adapted to receive the ard 12, and thus be out of the way. train or surplus material of the garment while A slide B is mounted on the scale-standard 4 being marked or creased, and, furthermore, 11, and this slide extends across the inner face to so construct the device that it will be light, of the scale-standard 11 and is provided at its durable, strong, and firm and capable of beends with hook extensions 14:, which embrace ing accurately adjusted and operated. the side edges of the said standard 11, as is The invention consists in the novel conshown in Fig. 2. The end extension from the 45 struction and combination of the several'parts, slide B, which travels over the scale 11, is proas will be hereinafter fully set forth, and vided with a recess 15 in its inner edge, as is 5 pointed out in the claims. shown in Fig. 4, forming thereby a finger 16,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying which may be directed to any division on the drawings, forming a part of this specification, scale, so that accuracy will be obtained in measurements. Preferably at one side of the said slide, within the hook extension opposite that side having the finger 16 formed thereon, a bar 17 is located, having its ends 18 curved overthe top and bottom of the slide, as is also best shown in Fig. 4, and the slide B is held in adjusted position on the standard 11 by means of a set-screw 19, which is passed through the said slide and engages with the bar 17, so that when the set-screw 19 is tightened up it will not indent or mar the edge of the scale-standard 11 adjacent to which it is located, as it will bear against the introduced bar 17, and said bar will have a true bearing against the scale-standard.

At the inner face of the slide B opposing knuckles 20 are produced, and the inner end of a spring-arm 21 is introduced between the said knuckles and is pivoted to the slide through the medium of a suitable pivot-pin 22, passed through the introduced portion of the arm and the said knuckles, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The arm 21 is curved downwardly, and its outer end is horizontal, and said horizontal portion of the arm 21 is practically in horizontal alinement with the finger 16, that travels over the scale 11 on the standard 11. A tube 23, rectangular in crosssection, is secured upon the horizontal outer end of the arm 21, and within the said tube a spring 24 is located. The said tube 23 and the arm 21 constitute what may be termed a marking or creasing armC, and in the further construction of this marking or creasing arm 0 a keeper 23 is located at the upper portion of its outer end, as is shown also in Figs. 1 and 3.

A creasing-yoke D is mounted to slide on the standard 12. This creasing-yoke extends across the inner face of the standard 12 and is provided with side hook-like extensions 25, carried for a predetermined distance over the outer face of the standard 12, as is shown in Fig. 2, and this yoke at one end carries a bar 26 of like construction to the bar 18 carried by the slide B. The bar 26 is for a similar purpose also, and a set-screw 27 is passed from one end extension of the creasing-yoke to a bearing against the bar 26, and as the setscrew 27 is tightened the bar 26 is forced against aside edge of the standard 12 and the creasing-yoke is thereby held in predetermined position on said standard 12. The said creasing-yoke D is provided with a transverse rib 28 upon its inner face horizontally located, and said rib is preferably provided with apointed edge, as is illustrated in Fig. 1.

The creasing and marking arm G is adapted to receive a holder E. This holder E may carry marking material 29, such as acrayon or chalk, or it may carry a peripherally-grooved wheel 30, and when the grooved wheel 30 is employed it is used'in connection with the creasing-yoke D. The peripheral groove on in the operation of the device the rib 28 can enter the peripheral groove in the wheel 30, the material being passed betweenthe two parts, and therefore as the arm 0 is horizontally moved the two elements 28 and 30 will produce a crease in the goods.

Preferably different forms of arms E are used for the chalk-holder and the wheel 30, oneform being shown in Fig. 3 and the other in Fig. 1, and both of these holders are introduced into the tube 23 of the arm 0 until the inner ends of the holders engage the spring 24, and the said spring tends to force the holder carried by the arm C outwardly or in direction of the standard 12.

When a holder E carries chalk or marking material 29, as is shown in Fig. 3, and thegoods is placed between the outer ends of the chalk and the standard 12, the creasing-yoke having been carried out of the way, if the arm O is moved a mark will be produced upon the outer face of the goods.

In order to retain a holder E in position relative to the marking or creasing arm C, and, furthermore, in order to prevent the spring 24 from forcing theholder too far outward, a latch 31 is employed,.which is carried by the holder and is adapted for engagement with the keeper 23 on the creasing and marking arm 0. Each holder at its outer end is constructed with upper and lower jaws 32 and 33, respectively, and a set-screw 34 is passed through these jaws, the opening in the lower jaw being threaded to receive the threaded lower end of the set-screw. The jaws are shaped according to the purpose to which they are to be applied. If they are to hold a piece of marking-chalk, as is shown in Fig. 3, the outer ends of the jaws are flattened, so as to engage firmly with the upper and the lower faces of the marking material; but when the jaws of a holder are intended to carry a creasingwheel 30 they are parallel, preferably, throughout their length, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and the set-screw 34 is passed through a central opening 35 in the said wheel. Preferably the latch 31 is secured on the holder by forming a depression 36 in the outer face of the upper jaw of the holder and placing the heel end of the latch therein and then passing the set-screw 34 through the heel end of the latch, the set-screw having a shoulder 37 formed thereon, which shoulder when the set-screw is tightened up presses firmly against the outer face of the heel of the latch, as is clearly shown in Fig. 5.

In the operation of the improved device when a skirt, for example, is to be evened or shortened at the bottom the skirt is placed on the proposed wearer or model, who stands stationary while the operator moves the de- 7 position by the set-screw 19. The holder E, containing the marking material, is then placed in the tube 2301 the marking or creasing arm C, and the standard 12 is slipped under the skirt to be marked. The operator now places one hand lightly on the arm C near its pivot portion 21 and moves the said arm C in'a horizontal plane across the part of the skirt which hangs between the rest-standard 12 and the marking material. Thus a mark is made on the outer face of the skirt by the chalk or marking material employed by reason of the pressure brought to bear on the said holder by the spring 24:. The device is then moved a few inches to the left or to the right, and the arm C is again swung across the skirt, leaving a mark as before, until the entire skirt has been marked. It is then ready to turn up for a hem or cut ofif, as desired. The markings on the skirt will be the same distance from the floor the entire distance around the skirt.

If a light fabric--such as lawn, percale, swiss, dimity, or other light material.is to be creased for a hem or tucks or is to be spaced for ruffles, insertions, or other trimmings, the holder E (shown in Fig. 1) is employed, and when the arm C is adjusted on the standard 11 the creasing-yoke D is correspondingly adjusted on the rest-standard 12, being brought to such a point on said standard as to bring the sharp rib 28 opposite the peripheral groove in the wheel 30. The operationjust described is then repeated; but instead of a mark being made on the outer face of the goods a crease will be formed in said goods as a gage for future operations. v

Having thus described our invention, W claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a marking device for garments, a frame including a base, a scale-standard and a second standard, a slide on said scale-standard means for securing the slide in adjusted posit-ion, and a marking or creasing arm pivoted to the said slide, extending in direction of said second standard, and a creasing-yoke mounted to slide on said second standard.

2. A device for marking garments, comprising a base, a scale-standard extending up from the base, a slide and a second standard supported over the base, a slide adjustable upon the scale-standard, provided with a finger extending over the scale portion of the latter standard, an arm pivoted to the said slide, extending in direction of the second standard, a holder for marking or creasing elements arranged to enter the said arm, and means for connecting the holder to the arm.

3. In devices for marking garments, a base, a scale-standard extending up from the base, a second standard supported from the base, a slide mounted on the scale-standard and provided with a finger extending over the scale portion of the standard, an arm pivoted to the said slide, extending in direction of the second standard, the major portion of the said arm being in the same horizontal plane as the said finger, said arm being provided with a tubular section, -a spring contained within the tubular section of the arm, a holder one end of which extends into the arm to an engagement with the spring, the outer end of the arm being provided with jaws, means for tightening the jaws, and a device for connecting the holder with the arm.

4. In devices for marking garments, a base, a scale-standard extending up from the base, a slide mounted on the scale-standard and provided with a finger extending over the scale portion of the standard, a second standard, an arm pivoted to the said slide, extending in direction of the second standard, the major portion of the said arm being in the same horizontal plane as the said finger, said arm being provided with a tubular section, a spring contained Within the tubular section of the arm, a holder one end of which extends into the arm to an engagement with the spring, the outer end of thearm being provided with jaws, and a creasing-yoke mounted to slide on the second standard,a peripherally-grooved wheel mounted to turn between the jaws of the holder, and a rib on the said creasingyoke, adapted to enter the groove in the said wheel.

5. In devices for marking garments, a frame comprising a base, a scale-standard at one end of the base, an upwardly-extending loop-arm at the opposite end of the base, and a second standard carried by the said loop-arm, being held from engagement with the base, and a creasing-yoke mounted to slide on the second standard, having a transverse rib on its inner face, a slide mounted on the other standard, provided with a finger for the scale, independent means for securing the slide and the creasingyoke in adjusted position, an arm pivoted to the said slide, having a tubular section, a spring located within the tubular section of the arm, and a holder for marking or creasing elements carried by the said arm, the jaws of the holder being opposite the second standard.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. SENSBACH. MARGARET J. SENSBACH. Witnesses to the signature of George W. Sensbach:

C. S. STAoY, L. M. Hoes, GEo. W. GIBBS. 1

Witnesses to the signature of Margaret J.

Sensbach:

ALBERT RI-IINER, R. RAYMOND PORTER.

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